Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance'

Posted by epi0Bauqu on Friday February 12, 2010 @07:56AM
from the news.bbc.co.uk dept.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8511100.stm

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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by theblackbox on Friday February 12, 2010 @10:08AM (#1120700)

I thought this was already widely accepted as simply a control issue?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_machine http://www.grandin.com/inc/squeeze.html

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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by AndrewDucker on Friday February 12, 2010 @11:01AM (#1120845)

Just because something is widely accepted does not make it true.

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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by theblackbox on Friday February 12, 2010 @11:38AM (#1120955)

This is a theory, by definition it is "widely accepted" until falsified or until a "better" theory is proposed.

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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by wglb on Friday February 12, 2010 @09:41AM (#1120621)

This story also referenced http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1119814. This seems to be the source, although not referenced in TFA.

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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by thinkcomp on Friday February 12, 2010 @11:05AM (#1120858)

I would be the first to cheer if I thought some actual progress were being made with research, but this seems misleading. Fragile X syndrome is not autism, and autism is poorly defined to start with.

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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by wakeupthedawn on Friday February 12, 2010 @11:19AM (#1120893)

Why don't we just ask Carly Fleischmann?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4311223&page=1

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